"dox" meaning in English

See dox in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: En-au-dox.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒks Etymology: Phonetic respelling of docs, which is a short form of documents. Etymology templates: {{glossary|respelling}} respelling Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} dox pl (plural only)
  1. (slang) Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.). Tags: plural, plural-only, slang
    Sense id: en-dox-en-noun-GuPf4TZM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 81 19 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: doxx

Verb

Audio: En-au-dox.ogg Forms: doxes [present, singular, third-person], doxing [participle, present], doxed [participle, past], doxed [past]
Rhymes: -ɒks Etymology: Phonetic respelling of docs, which is a short form of documents. Etymology templates: {{glossary|respelling}} respelling Head templates: {{en-verb}} dox (third-person singular simple present doxes, present participle doxing, simple past and past participle doxed)
  1. Alternative form of doxx (“publish the personal information of (an individual) without their consent”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: doxx (extra: (“publish the personal information of (an individual) without their consent”)) Related terms: hax, vax
    Sense id: en-dox-en-verb-ghUVcWJy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: doxx

Inflected forms

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